Having driven the route previously to get to Toliara for my surf trip, I was looking forward to my final cycling tour down south. With fewer clients, I knew it would be more personal, hopefully less stressful, and I would get to see loads of stuff I could only catch […]

Having had a fair amount of time stuck in the office, I was excited to learn that a large group of 45 British ladies were coming to Madagascar for a sponsored charity ride with us. We would be travelling to the east of the country, through a national park, and […]

Not fully knowing its potential when I came out here, it was only when someone suggested that for its location between South Africa and Réunion Island, Madagascar must surely have some epic waves, that I decided to look further. With little optimism, due to the shark situation, and minimal infrastructure, […]

I have been in Madagascar for just over three weeks now, and I’m really starting to settle in to the rhythm of life here. On my first few days, having been thrown into deep, rural Madagascar, with a group of schoolchildren, I had to learn very fast, which was fun […]

From Bristol to Antsirabe: Cycling Madagascar with an awkward Brit Blog 2 – Pirogue Tour The journey from Ranomafana to the start of our river tour in Miandrivazo was not simple because of the famously flat and well looked after Madagascar roads, and we therefore had to stop in Antsirabe […]

Arrival on Tuesday 25 July 2017 After the most beautiful plane journey, flying over the crystal clear waters of Mauritius and Ile de Reunion, I arrived exhausted in Antananarivo. After getting through immigration in the airport, I was greeted by the friendly King of ‘Cycle Madagascar’, Klaus. To get to […]